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EMN 2021 | The association between ITP and multiple myeloma

Meral Beksac, MD, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, shares an outline of her presentation at EMN 2021 on the association between immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and multiple myeloma. A retrospective study analyzed data from eight multiple myeloma patients who developed isolated thrombocytopenia following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The median age of these patients was lower than the overall median age for multiple myeloma patients. All but one patient responded to corticosteroids, however the response were not durable. Six patients responded to eltrombopag and two patients required splenectomy. This interview took place during the 2021 European Myeloma Network (EMN) congress.